Новости за 18.07.2015

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed Saturday that a newly negotiated deal on his country’s nuclear program would not alter Iran’s policies toward the United States. In a televised address marking the start of Eid al-Fitr, the festival that follows the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Khamenei said the agreement signed Tuesday on the […]

A suicide bombing that has killed more than 100 people in eastern Iraq involved an attacker who lured his victims by selling ice at a busy market ahead of a Muslim holiday, local officials said Saturday. The death toll in Friday night’s attack in Khan Bani Saad rose Saturday to 120, with 160 others injured, […]

The image sticks in my mind: A female defendant is escorted into the courtroom with shackles around her ankles, making it difficult to walk. Dressed in a jail-issued jumpsuit and flip-flops, she takes a seat at the appointed table up front, until the judge is gaveled in and we all rise. As a newspaper reporter […]

“It’s been 17 years, three months, one week and two days. I’m ready for it to end,” Gordon “Randy” Steidl said at the Danville Correctional Center in May 2004. In 1987, Steidl was sentenced to death for the double murder of newlyweds Dyke and Karen Rhoads in the small town of Paris, Illinois. He wasn’t […]

The five joined the military to serve their country, willing to go to dangerous lands out of a sense of duty, idealism and patriotism. And at least three of them did go abroad, risking their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ultimately, the men died together on home turf, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Authorities are still trying […]

Greek banks are set to reopen on Monday for the first time in three weeks. The banks were shut last last month to stem a rush of money out of the country’s cash-starved financial system. The government also set 60 euro limits on daily withdrawals, causing hardship for residents and often long lines at ATM […]

Hillary Clinton’s opponents didn’t have to use her name in order to launch attacks against the Democratic frontrunner at Friday night’s Iowa Democratic Party Hall of Fame dinner. The pluses and minuses of Clinton’s frontrunner status were on full display at the dinner. The 1,300-person audience was largely dominated by Clinton supporters, who hooped and […]

Dollar days at the local Ford dealer are about to get pushed out by heartwarming tales of Gov. John Kasich’s mailman father and Gov. Rick Perry’s humble start as an Eagle Scout. The stories candidates want to tell about their everyman roots, played out in gauzy, 30-second blips, are about to take over airwaves in […]

I love this breakfast casserole because I can make it the night before and it’s ready in the morning. A perfect recipe while I’m out camping or when I have weekend guests.—Ella Stutheit, Las Vegas, Nevada View the recipe at TasteofHome.com >>

A small plane crashed Friday in Alaska, according to police, who received a call from someone who was on the flight. The plane was carrying five occupants. The condition of the passengers was unknown, the Juneau Police Department said in a statement. But CNN affiliate KTUU reported that the U.S. Coast Guard, responding by helicopter, […]

Chris Christie on Friday shrugged off criticism that he used the stabbing death of a man in Washington for political gain in a speech about criminal justice reform. Earlier this month, Kevin Sutherland, 24, an intern for Rep. Jim Himes, D-Connecticut, was stabbed to death while riding the Washington Metro. Christie said Thursday the suspect […]

The State College Spikes saw their three-game winning streak and four-game string of wins on the road both go by the boards as the West Virginia Black Bears took a 7-3 decision on Friday night at Monongalia County Ballpark.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, sentenced to death in the Boston Marathon bombing, has been moved into Supermax, the nation’s most secure federal prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. He had been held in USP Florence, a separate prison in Florence, Colorado. A federal jury sentenced Tsarnaev to death in May for his involvement in the […]

An island-born boy, whose father left early, grew to become one of the most influential men in the country. It’s President Barack Obama’s story, but also Alexander Hamilton’s, whose biography has been translated into an audacious musical heralded as a turning point for American theater. Obama is expected to attend a matinee performance in New […]

Donald Trump is set to introduce 80s hair metal band Def Leppard at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 15, two Iowa Trump campaign aides told CNN on Friday. The concert, which also features bands Styx and Tesla, will take place at the State Fair Grandstand on the fairgrounds in Des Moines. The Iowa State […]

Talia Sclafani and her soccer teammates were on their way to San Diego when their coach brought their passenger van to a stop on the highway. They could see smoke in the distance, perhaps a mile away. But then the smoke — and the flames — started to get closer. “To our left, it was […]

The Department of Defense announced Friday that it is taking modest steps to better protect military facilities after a shooter killed four Marines outside a recruiting center in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Marine Corps closed recruiting stations within 40 miles of the Thursday shooting, and has told workers there not to wear military uniforms, Pentagon spokesman […]

Seven people who worked in the maximum-security prison that held Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman have been charged in connection with his escape, Mexico’s attorney general said Friday in a statement. The prison workers will be jailed in the state of Guanajuato and the investigation continues, the statement said. Also Friday, Mexico’s interior minister said that […]